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This year's film festival slims down ... to 180 movies

This year's film festival slims down ... to 180 movies

Organizers of the Minneapolis St. Paul Film Festival hope that a roster of 10 percent fewer films will help patrons see a higher percentage of this year's offerings.
by Euan Kerr

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Businesses should embrace wacky ideas, says the St. Paul Saints' Mike Veeck

Businesses should embrace wacky ideas, says the St. Paul Saints' Mike Veeck

In his new book "Another Boring, Derivative, Piece of Crap Business Book," St. Paul Saints owner Mike Veeck argues that to succeed, businesses should have a laugh.

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World's Most Dangerous Polka Band says goodbye to Nye's

World's Most Dangerous Polka Band says goodbye to Nye's

The northeast Minneapolis bar is closing this weekend.

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Legislators wrestle with school discipline issues

State lawmakers are setting their sights on a hot button issue in education this year: school discipline.

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Minnesota Wild hot with regular season ending

The Minnesota Wild will be in Detroit to play the Red Wings tonight.

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Warm March was one for the record books

Warm March was one for the record books

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about a warm March that just ended.

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Explaining the federal civil rights investigation in the Clark case

Explaining the federal civil rights investigation in the Clark case

Federal authorities are most likely looking at two statutes that focus on "conspiracy" and "deprivation of civil rights." But the bar is high and convictions rare.
by Riham Feshir

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'Wild Thing' cover was No. 1 hit

The was originally recorded a year earlier by a New York-based band called The Wild Ones. Their version was not a hit.

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Protesters condemn takedown maneuver in Clark shooting

Protesters condemn takedown maneuver in Clark shooting

Video from an ambulance at the scene shows Minneapolis officer Mark Ringgenberg grabbing Jamar Clark and forcing him to the ground moments before he was shot.
by Tim Nelson

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No charges for officers in Jamar Clark case. Now what?

No charges for officers in Jamar Clark case. Now what?

Many of the players in the drama that has unfolded since Jamar Clark was shot by police in those early hours of Nov. 15 have different ideas about what happens now.
by MPR News Staff

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